OJ Props

[KG's Supra24]

Has anyone had major issues with their OJ props?

I had the OJ factory "wakeboard" prop. Last weekend one of the four blades came completely off. I did not hit anything. We were just about to pull up a rider and the whole boat started shaking.

Got the boat back on the trailer and the fin had flung off and into the fiberglass causing a decent size cut.

Just curious if anyone else has seen this. I talked to Nettle Props and they said they have seen it a couple times but OJ isn't recognizing it as a problem. I emailed OJ but have heard nothing back.

Needless to say, I will now be running an Acme.

[you da man]

Heard of OJ losing a blade on occasion, rare but I remember it on Wakeworld

[skylar18]

Season 4 and my OJ is holding up great. Even after being repaired a couple times from my marina guys hitting it with the lift.

[KG's Supra24]

Heard of OJ losing a blade on occasion, rare but I remember it on Wakeworld

Yes, I lost a blade. That is probably a better word than "fin".

[dru1974]

Never heard of that but I know I won't be buying an oj in the future.

[dusty2221]

This thread is worthless without pics. Dongtard.

[cab13367]

Hard to believe that a prop blade would just shear off without hitting anything. Not saying I don't believe you, but just seems very unlikely but I guess there could have been a defect in the casting process. Anything's possible. I ran my stock OJ for the first three years and never had any problems with it (other than not having enough holeshot when loaded down) but that's a function of prop selection, not problem with the prop.

[Razzman]

I've had no issues with mine. In fact I sent mine to Eric @ OJ two weeks ago for a config rework and he had it back to me in less than a week after recieving it. Fwitw I've seen Acme's do the same thing but something has to be hit at some point to happen.

[KG's Supra24]

I emailed OJ early this week and was hoping to hear something back.

I can understand where one would think I hit something but I did not. We just switched riders, sitting in 40+ ft of water in a cove we had been running up and down all weekend with no sight of debris, hit the throttle and the boat felt like it was going to rattle apart.

I ran this prop for over 150 hours last season with no issues and I'm assuming its the same prop that came from the factory.

Here are a couple pics from the camera phone ....

[skylar18]

ouch.....too bad it couldn't have come off pointed away from the boat.